ISO 639-3 · manman
Niger–Congo family · macrolanguage
Manding
Manding is a macrolanguage of the Mande branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in The Gambia, Mali, Guinea and Ivory Coast and 4 more countries. Wikidata describes it as “mutually intelligible group of dialects or languages in West Africa”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
man- Glottocode
mand1435- Family
- Niger–Congo
- Wikipedia
- 23 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
8countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
—UNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Manding |
|---|---|
| Also called | nqo, nko, Manding languages, Mandingo |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Manding yet.
family tree
From Niger–Congo to Manding
The branches above Manding, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in The Gambia
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